DIYgod open-sources Pinky, an MCP app for AI agents to control phones
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DIYgod has open-sourced Pinky, a desktop app under Apache-2.0 that lets MCP-compatible AI agents operate real iPhones and Android phones while the user watches and can approve or block steps.
According to the README cited by Pandaily, Pinky runs on macOS, Windows and Linux, supports Android 10 to 17, and supports iPhones on iOS 17.4 or later, with a helper installed once from Xcode on iOS 17.4 to 26.
The README says payments, transfers and purchases require manual confirmation by default. A Chinese AI outlet cited by Pandaily reports that the project passed 1,000 GitHub stars within 25 hours.
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AIDeveloper DIYgod has open-sourced Pinky, a desktop app under Apache-2.0 that lets MCP-compatible agents operate real iPhones and Android phones while the user watches and can approve or block steps. The README says it supports Android 10 to 17 and iOS 17.4 or later, and that payments, transfers and purchases need manual confirmation by default. According to a Chinese AI outlet cited by the source, the project passed 1,000 GitHub stars within 25 hours.
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